CIVIL MARRIAGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does civil marriage mean? 

• CIVIL MARRIAGE (noun)
  The noun CIVIL MARRIAGE has 1 sense:

1. a marriage performed by a government official rather than by a clergyman

  Familiarity information: CIVIL MARRIAGE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CIVIL MARRIAGE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A marriage performed by a government official rather than by a clergyman

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("civil marriage" is a kind of...):

marriage; marriage ceremony; wedding (the act of marrying; the nuptial ceremony)